AfterElton's "pairing of the week": Arthur&Eames

AfterElton.com and their slash column made Inception's Arthur&Eames the pairing of the week: link. I loved what they wrote about it:

Inception fandom exemplifies what makes fandom unique. Here Christopher Nolan thinks he made this epic portrait of an alpha-male dealing with emo man-pain from the death of his wife, and then Inception fandom comes along and decides that, no thanks, that guy's kind of a major douchebag and we'd rather focus on the two hot dudes flirting in the background.

Inception fandom illustrates that how fans interpret content is never fully in the creator's control. And Arthur/Eames illustrates that you don't need more than 3 minutes of actual interaction in order to generate two years' worth of fantastic fanon. All you need are two incredibly attractive men playing suave, debonair criminals with a shared history... and a few brief moments of hardcore flirting.

Eames, who clearly enjoys becoming a woman and flirting with other men, is partially inspired by queer vintage heartthrob Farley Granger. Arthur, who may know Eames from their shared military background, is apparently inspired by GQ.

Normally a stand-alone film like Inception would never have a large fandom, but Inception fandom has thrived for two years, mainly because of the onscreen chemistry of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tom Hardy.

Exactly why I love this pairing. At first, I didn't see it. It took me 2 whole years to fall for them but when I finally did, I fell hard. I wonder if Chris Nolan's aware of how popular these two are. I bet that, if he does know, he pretty much went "O.o;; That's kinda, sorta not what I was aiming for?" when he learned about it. LOL! In any case, I need to thank Mr. Nolan for introducing me to JGL and Tom Hardy and their absolute awesomeness!

Martin Freeman's performance made Benedict Cumberbatch cry

There's a short article in RadioTimes where Benedict Cumberbatch talks about Martin Freeman's casting as Watson and about his performance in The Reichenbach Fall. My favorite bit? When he speaks of the fall:

“I couldn’t see Martin’s face [during filming] obviously,” said Cumberbatch, “he was just a little blob on the pavement, waiting for a bigger blob to land by his feet… [but later] it was really wonderful to see what he’d done on the other end of that phone conversation - I could hear it [at the time] but to see it was really, really, really moving and, him being in shock afterwards, it’s ridiculous but it made me cry.”

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Aww... Just, aww! I seriously love these two and the way they play off each other. What an amazing chemistry!

I think that, once I'm done with the Inception podfics - only 1 page to go in amplificathon! - I might start listening to the Sherlock podfics from the beginning again. That would keep me in podfics till Christmas :P

Fic rec: Inception

"a town at the bottom of the ocean" & "build a big log cabin in the country" by smallacts | Arthur/Eames | Arthur buys an island. It takes Eames a year to figure out which one. | ~2.900 & ~3.400 words respectively

There’s a long pause, and then the most stunning thing that has ever happened to Eames, in all his varied and often fantastical life, occurs.

Arthur looks at him seriously, and says, “You’re welcome to stay as long as you like.”

Such a wonderful, domestic, feel!good, fluffy story. I want to pet them and tuck them into my pocket, they are so precious *happy sigh*

3x Rachel Weisz: The Mummy

The Mummy is one of the best movies I've ever seen, hands down. It has everything a movie should have: horror, humor, action, an epic love story and fantastic actors! Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser have so much on-screen chemistry, it's unbelievable.



Rick and Evy are one of my top couples ever. One of the best couples in the history of cinema, IMHO. They both kick so much ass and look so pretty doing it, it's ridiculous - ridiculously awesome. And they love each other so much, their love for each other literally oozes out of them. It's pure perfection!

And then there's Jonathan. And Ardeth Bay, the awesome, amazing, fantastic, gorgeous Ardeth Bay! And Imhotep! The actors were simply perfectly chosen for their parts. It's like everything about this movie is as it should be, I feel no compulsion to say "But I would've preferred if..." It's that good!

Yeah, I'm kinda, sorta in love with this film, if you haven't noticed. Ahem... X)